Aaron Hoey is a retired

Gaelic football Gaelic football (; short name '')'', commonly known as simply Gaelic, GAA, or football, is an Irish team sport. A form of football, it is played between two teams of 15 players on a rectangular grass pitch. The objective of the sport is to score ...

er and hurler from

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. He played with

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and Knockbridge Hurling Club. He was part of the

team that played in the final of the

Leinster Senior Football Championship The Leinster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship and shortened to Leinster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Leinster GAA, Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Asso ...

in 2010 where he appeared as a sub, but were beaten in controversial circumstances by

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. Hoey was a member of the

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side that lost the Final of the 1998/99

Sigerson Cup The Sigerson Cup is the trophy for the premier Gaelic football championship among Higher Education institutions (Universities, Colleges and Institutes of Technology) in Ireland. It traditionally begins in mid January and ends in late February. T ...

to Tralee IT. In 2002, Hoey scored 1–07 in the semi-final of the

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against Dundalk Gaels, helping St Bride's to reach their first county senior final in almost sixty years. Mattock Rangers proved too strong in the final, as St Bride's lost out by three points despite Hoey contributing 0–10. At the age of 43, he appeared as a substitute in the final of the 2020

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, scoring 0–01 as St Bride's defeated Kilkerley Emmets. In addition to his football achievements, Hoey won several Louth Senior Hurling Championship and League medals with

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side Naomh Moninne and later Knockbridge Hurling Club.

Honours

* 1997 All-Ireland Senior B Football Championship * 1999-2000 National Football League Division 2 *

Railway Cup The GAA Interprovincial Championship () or Railway Cup (''Corn an Iarnróid'') is the name of two annual Gaelic football and hurling competitions held between the provinces of Ireland. The Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster GAA teams are co ...

: 2002 * 2006 National Football League Division 2 * 2006 Tommy Murphy Cup * 2009 O'Byrne Cup * 2011 National Football League Division 3 *

: 2020

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoey, Aaron Louth inter-county Gaelic footballers Leinster inter-provincial Gaelic footballers Living people 1977 births